Development Assessment Report

      consistent with the size of                  (a)   are no smaller than the size of
      established adjacent lots;                         established adjacent lots;
(b)   are not less than 500m2 in area;             (b)   are free of easements;
(c)   are free of physical constraints or          (c)   are regular in shape
      encumbrances that would restrict the               with a width to
      siting of a house;                                 depth ratio of
(d)   have area and dimensions that                      approximately 1:2;
      can accommodate an                           (d)   do not have a slope greater than
      appropriate house site area                        10%;
      without siting variations;                   (e)   can accommodate a house and
(e)   are distributed across a development               sufficient car parking without
      to create diversity in lots; and                   encroaching into boundary
(f)   do not result in excessive                         clearances or prescribed
      driveways at intersections or                      building setbacks;
      corners.                                     (f)   allow for landscape and tree
                                                         planting in deep soil zones to
                                                         soften built form elements;
                                                   (g)   are not created by further
                                                         dividing an existing rear
                                                         (battle­ axe) lot; and
                                                   (h)   are not located at the end of a
                                                         T­intersection or at a bend in
                                                         the road.

Rear Lots          Table 9.5.1.3 Criteria for assessable development (part)
Performance Outcomes                           Acceptable Outcomes                             Comment
Growth management
Rear Lots
PO21                                               AO21.1                                    Not Applicable
Rear (battle­axe) lots are created only where:­:   The minimum area of the rear lot,
(a)    it would not be desirable nor               exclusive of any access strip, complies
       practicable for the site to be              with the lot reconfiguration outcomes
       reconfigured so that all lots have          in Table 9.5.1.4 Minimum lot size and
       full frontage to a road;                    dimensions providing that no rear
(b)    located in the Low density residential      access lot has a lot size less than 600m2
       zone, Rural residential zone or Rural       exclusive of access strip.
       zone;
(c)    development positively contributes to       AO21.2
       the character of the neighbourhood;         No more than 10% of lots within a
(d)    development provides a high standard        subdivision are rear lots or lots
       of amenity for residents and other users    accessed via an access strip.
       of the rear lot and adjoining properties;
(e)    the lot is large enough to                  AO21.3
       accommodate anticipated land uses           No more than two rear lots are located
       including car parking and manoeuvring;      at the end of a cul­de­sac.
(f)    development is not detrimental to the
                                                   AO21.4
       use and amenity of adjoining lots
                                                   No rear lot shares a common
       through loss of privacy, sunlight or
                                                   boundary with more than four other
       breezes once buildings are constructed;
                                                   lots.
(g)    vehicular access to rear lots will not
       have a detrimental impact on lots
                                                   AO21.5
       adjoining the access strip due to
                                                   No more than two rear lots or rear lot
       excessive noise, light, dust, stormwater
                                                   access strips directly adjoin each other.
       runoff and the like;
(h)    access arrangements do not adversely        AO21.6
       affect the safety and efficiency of the     No existing lot with a primary street
       road from which access is gained;           frontage of less than 12 metres is
(i)    their creation does not prejudice the       further divided unless safe access to
       anticipated development of adjoining        the new lot is provided to a secondary
       land.                                       street to which a frontage of at least
                                                   12 metres is provided.

                                                   AO21.7
                                                   Where two rear lots adjoin each other,
                                                   a single common driveway and
                                                   reciprocal access easements are